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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine since 2008, and Professor of Neurobiology.  Research established the importance of glial cells, collectively known as glia, which make up nine out of 10 brain cells that aren’t nerve cells but were once dismissed by scientists as insignificant.  Made discoveries regarding the role of certain glial cells in such degenerative disorders as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases; multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease; and glaucoma. Recepient of several academic awards.  First trans person admitted into the National Academy of Science.  Transgender.
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Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine (2008-2017), and Professor of Neurobiology.  Research established the importance of glial cells, collectively known as glia, which make up nine out of 10 brain cells that aren’t nerve cells but were once dismissed by scientists as insignificant.  Made discoveries regarding the role of certain glial cells in such degenerative disorders as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases; multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease; and glaucoma. Recepient of several academic awards.  First trans person admitted into the National Academy of Science.  Transgender.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2017]]
 
* [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2017]]
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* [[Transgender Academics]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 12:17, 21 May 2019

Ben Barres

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1954 - 2017

Occupation

Medicine

Description

Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine (2008-2017), and Professor of Neurobiology. Research established the importance of glial cells, collectively known as glia, which make up nine out of 10 brain cells that aren’t nerve cells but were once dismissed by scientists as insignificant. Made discoveries regarding the role of certain glial cells in such degenerative disorders as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases; multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease; and glaucoma. Recepient of several academic awards. First trans person admitted into the National Academy of Science. Transgender.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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